NOW is the iPad Pro a Computer?

[RILEYISMYNAME]

We gave the iPad Pro a bit of a harsh review. Does installing iPadOS make it any better as a laptop replacement?

 

 

 

 

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[lewdicrous]

Posted in the right subforum? Hooray!

 

Edit: The QoL updates seem good, but I agree with the notion that it's not really a laptop/PC replacement cause of some of the shortfalls mentioned in the video.

The idea of a macbook with a touchscreen does sound appealing, but I feel like it would kinda undermine the sole existence of the iPad Pro (if your sole intention was to use it as a computer replacement), maybe if Apple treats it more like a 2-in-1 then that might be a differentiating product (between the iPad and the macbook)

Edited June 23, 2019 by lewdicrous
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[RILEYISMYNAME]

1 minute ago, lewdicrous said:

Posted in the right subforum? Hooray!

I  did it!!! 

[Sauron]

6 minutes ago, RILEYISMYNAME said:

I  did it!!! 

Keep this up and one day you'll be able to drop things as gracefully as Linus

[PeterBocan]

I wonder, would you recommend iPad Pro for note taking in the classroom? How is the writing on the glass doing? I heard there are some screen "protectors" that make it feel more like a paper. Is it any better? 

[nick name]

@RILEYISMYNAME I guess that question makes sense coming from someone that doesn't know what a video game is.

[Daniel Z.]

2 minutes ago, PeterBocan said:

I wonder, would you recommend iPad Pro for note taking in the classroom? How is the writing on the glass doing? I heard there are some screen "protectors" that make it feel more like a paper. Is it any better? 

From what I’ve heard the iPad Pro is pretty great. The Apple Pencil and iPad Pro are basically the best in its class with almost no lag. I’m sure you could get a matte screen protector that would add some more friction.

[TempestCatto]

I just feel like the tech giants as a whole are continuously dumbing down technology, especially for the average user.

 

While I do think this is a great improvement to the iPad, it should have had these features to begin with.

[DrMacintosh]

"Apple did what people wanted" 

 

"It's still not good"

 

LTT needs someone other than Linus to do these reviews. 

[TempestCatto]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

"Apple did what people wanted" 

 

"It's still not good"

 

LTT needs someone other than Linus to do these reviews. 

Riley is the one who wrote it though...

I wonder if he intentionally did that to poke at Apple's doing of the same thing. But I think he means that people have always wanted the features in the iPad, but they didn't do a good enough job of doing so (mainly the mouse).

[lewdicrous]

Just now, TempestCatto said:

Riley is the one who wrote it though...

I wonder if he intentionally did that to poke at Apple's doing of the same thing. But I think he means that people have always wanted the features in the iPad, but they didn't do a good enough job of doing so (mainly the mouse).

To add to this, adding a feature is one thing, implementing it well is another.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, TempestCatto said:

Riley is the one who wrote it though...

I only noticed that as The last few minutes of the video approached. My opinion still stands.

[Ertman]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

"Apple did what people wanted" 

 

"It's still not good"

 

LTT needs someone other than Linus to do these reviews. 

Problem is there is soooo much anti-Apple bias in tech that its trendy to bash Apple, and you can even see this with the LMG staff. Linus doesn't do too bad when it comes to this, maybe he's aware of his own or the community bias, but he still get caught in the meme worth complaints.

 

Don't get me wrong, much of the criticism is deserved, but people just pile on even if they have little-to-no experience with the hardware and software. There are too many times where ignorance triumphs over facts that it make it difficult to take people seriously when they are talking about Apple products.

[emosun]

all i remember about the ipad was you couldn't do even the basics like putting files on it and taking them off it. it was so far away from a computer it was almost useless entirely.

[Ertman]

I guess this all depends on how you define a computer? Just because they don't drill down to the file structure for file management doesnt mean they can't be a computer.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Ertman said:

There are too many times where ignorance triumphs over facts that it make it difficult to take people seriously when they are talking about Apple products.

Yeah but thats what apple wants.

if you hold a tiny bit of the overall market share and want to bash the 90% of people on earth who don't use an apple product , then you better be able to take it yourself.

[GoldenLag]

Now the question is now. Does the Surface Pro, Ipad better than the Ipad?

 

(Yes im using ipad as a verb)

[DrMacintosh]

9 minutes ago, Ertman said:

Linus doesn't do too bad when it comes to this, maybe he's aware of his own or the community bias, but he still get caught in the meme worth complaints.

I mean, I started to see the good after letting everything he said sink in. But the problem is the entire script building up to the last 5 minutes is massively negative when the verdict on what iPadOS has become is actually positive. 

 

I dont like it!

[Daniel Z.]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Now the question is now. Does the Surface Pro, Ipad better than the Ipad?

 

(Yes im using ipad as a verb)

I would take the iPad over the Surface any day. I’ve tried both, the pens aren’t even comparable. The iPad thrashes the Surface in this part. In speed the iPad is faster due to the A12X. It’s lighter and thinner IIRC. And it works as a second monitor/drawing tablet if you have a Mac. Really not even close.

[Daniel Z.]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

I mean, I started to see the good after letting everything he said sink in. But the problem is the entire script building up to the last 5 minutes is massively negative when the verdict on what iPadOS has become is actually positive. 

 

I dont like it!

I used to bash Apple too, there is a a massive bias against Apple in tech. Whether it’s the stand and XDR display where people don’t understand the pro market, or the iPhone, or anything else.

[emosun]

10 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

I would take the iPad over the Surface any day. I’ve tried both, the pens aren’t even comparable. The iPad thrashes the Surface in this part. In speed the iPad is faster due to the A12X. It’s lighter and thinner IIRC. And it works as a second monitor/drawing tablet if you have a Mac. Really not even close.

i'd sooner use a windows 95 machine over apple so i could actually do computer stuff , but hey different strokes for different folks

[Daniel Z.]

3 minutes ago, emosun said:

i'd sooner use a windows 95 machine over apple so i could actually do computer stuff , but hey different strokes for different folks

I agree, but this isn’t supposed to be a main computer. If I wanted a light desktop replacement I would get an 8 core MacBook or an XPS 15.

[Ertman]

28 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I mean, I started to see the good after letting everything he said sink in. But the problem is the entire script building up to the last 5 minutes is massively negative when the verdict on what iPadOS has become is actually positive. 

 

I dont like it!

Riley (indicated he had wrote the script) does come off as Apple hater for.... reasons?

[poochyena]

hold up, mouse support is a new feature? Are you telling me that no other apple tablet or phone has mouse support? Not only that, but no way to transfer media from one device to the apple device?

wtf
literally how does anyone defend this type of stuff?

[Ertman]

36 minutes ago, emosun said:

Yeah but thats what apple wants.

if you hold a tiny bit of the overall market share and want to bash the 90% of people on earth who don't use an apple product , then you better be able to take it yourself.

Trying to justify ignorance with more ignorance is well... ignorant.